Safety concepts in geotechnical engineering then and now - how do the Eurocodes affect tunnelling?
Author(s): |
H. Walter
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Medium: | journal article |
Language(s): | English, German |
Published in: | Geomechanics and Tunnelling, 2010, n. 1, v. 3 |
Page(s): | 24-33 |
DOI: | 10.1002/geot.201000002 |
Abstract: |
As indicated in the title, many different safety concepts - in the sense of various definitions of "safety" and "safety factor" - have been used in civil engineering and particularly in geotechnical engineering according to the type of project. "The" old safety concept (single) is a fiction. The Eurocodes are based on a common basis, the semi-probabilistic concept, but as before demand different strategies for different tasks. Different strategies for ultimate limit states of failure are now described in geotechnical engineering as different "design approaches". |
Keywords: |
structural design calculation safety concepts tunnel lining limit state limit state design approach ultimate limit state design effects of actions actions actions on structures
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